From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:07:35 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] config: read system-wide defaults from /etc/gitconfig
Message-ID: <7vr6sso8w8.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <45D35092.8040901@xs4all.nl>

Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@xs4all.nl> writes:

> Johannes Schindelin escreveu:
>> The settings in /etc/gitconfig can be overridden in ~/.gitconfig,
>> which in turn can be overridden in .git/config.
>
>> +#define ETC_GITCONFIG "/etc/gitconfig"
>
>> +		if (!access(ETC_GITCONFIG, R_OK))
>> +			ret += git_config_from_file(fn, ETC_GITCONFIG);
>
> this is a stupid idea.  

Stupid probably is too strong a word, but I think I'd agree we
should default it to $(prefix)/etc and have distros override it
in the Makefile.